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First stage progression in women with spontaneous onset of labor: A large population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To describe the duration, progression and patterns of first stage of labor among Swedish women. DESIGN:Population-based cohort study. POPULATION:Data from Stockholm-Gotland Obstetric Cohort 2008-2014 including ¼ of all births in Sweden, the final sample involved a total of 85,408 women with term, singleton, vertex, live fetuses experiencing spontaneous labor onset and vaginal delivery with normal neonatal outcomes. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Time to progress during first stage of labor using three approaches: 1) Traverse time in hours to progress centimeter to centimeter, 5th, 50th (and 95th percentile); 2) Dilation curves for different percentiles, and; 3) Cumulative duration for the 95th percentile by parity and dilation at admission. RESULTS:Variation in both the total duration and the trajectory of cervical change over time is large. Similar to the general held view, the rate of cervical dilation accelerates at 5-6 centimeters. Among nulliparous women, the median time found in our population was faster than their counterparts in studies conducted on American and African cohorts. Among nulliparous and multiparous women our data suggest that the median cervical change over time is faster than 1 cm per hour during the first stage of labor. However, traverse time of cervical change at and beyond the 95th percentile is longer than 1 cm per hour. CONCLUSIONS:Labor progression varies widely and labors experiencing a prolonged first stage can still result in normal outcomes. The assumption of 1 cm per hour cervical dilation rate for the first stage of labor may not be universally meaningful. There are differences in progression for women during first stage of labor in different populations. For prolonged labor progression to be more clinically meaningful, the association with adverse birth outcomes needs to be further investigated in specific populations.

SUBMITTER: Lundborg L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7518577 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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First stage progression in women with spontaneous onset of labor: A large population-based cohort study.

Lundborg Louise L Åberg Katarina K Sandström Anna A Discacciati Andrea A Tilden Ellen L EL Stephansson Olof O Ahlberg Mia M

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<h4>Objective</h4>To describe the duration, progression and patterns of first stage of labor among Swedish women.<h4>Design</h4>Population-based cohort study.<h4>Population</h4>Data from Stockholm-Gotland Obstetric Cohort 2008-2014 including ¼ of all births in Sweden, the final sample involved a total of 85,408 women with term, singleton, vertex, live fetuses experiencing spontaneous labor onset and vaginal delivery with normal neonatal outcomes.<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>Time to progress dur ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundLabor that progresses faster than anticipated may lead to unplanned out-of-hospital births. With the aim to improve planning of transportation to birthing institutions, this study investigated predictors of time to completion for the first stage of labor conditional on cervical opening (conditional time) in multiparous women at term.MethodsWe performed a retrospective analysis of partograms for women in Robson's group 3 who delivered at one hospital from 2003 to 2013. A generalized additive mixed model was fitted, accounting for possible non-linear relationships between the predictor variables and outcome, e.g. the time from each cervical measurement to full dilation, using multiple measurements for each woman. The following predictors were included: cervical dilation (cm), parity (1, 2, or ≥3 previous vaginal births), oxytocin infusion (no/yes), epidural (no/yes), maternal age (years), maternal height (cm), body mass index (BMI, kg/m2), birthweight (kg), spontaneous rupture of membranes (no/yes). A modified regression model with gestational age (days) instead of birthweight was used to predict conditional time to full cervical dilation for combinations of the most relevant predictors.ResultsA total of 1753 partograms were included in the analysis. The strongest predictors were birthweight, epidural and oxytocin use, and spontaneous rupture of membranes, along with cervical measurements. For birthweight, there was an almost 40% increase in time to full cervical dilation for each 1-kg increment. Conditional time was on average 23% longer in cases with epidural use and 53% longer in cases requiring oxytocin augmentation. Spontaneous rupture of the membranes shortened conditional time by 31%. Maternal age was not associated with the outcome, while increasing BMI and parity modestly reduced conditional time.ConclusionsHigher parity, lower fetal weight (gestational age), and spontaneous rupture of the membranes are associated with more rapid labor.

Project description:BackgroundEscalation in the global rates of labour interventions, particularly cesarean section and oxytocin augmentation, has renewed interest in a better understanding of natural labour progression. Methodological advancements in statistical and computational techniques addressing the limitations of pioneer studies have led to novel findings and triggered a re-evaluation of current labour practices. As part of the World Health Organization's Better Outcomes in Labour Difficulty (BOLD) project, which aimed to develop a new labour monitoring-to-action tool, we examined the patterns of labour progression as depicted by cervical dilatation over time in a cohort of women in Nigeria and Uganda who gave birth vaginally following a spontaneous labour onset.Methods and findingsThis was a prospective, multicentre, cohort study of 5,606 women with singleton, vertex, term gestation who presented at ≤ 6 cm of cervical dilatation following a spontaneous labour onset that resulted in a vaginal birth with no adverse birth outcomes in 13 hospitals across Nigeria and Uganda. We independently applied survival analysis and multistate Markov models to estimate the duration of labour centimetre by centimetre until 10 cm and the cumulative duration of labour from the cervical dilatation at admission through 10 cm. Multistate Markov and nonlinear mixed models were separately used to construct average labour curves. All analyses were conducted according to three parity groups: parity = 0 (n = 2,166), parity = 1 (n = 1,488), and parity = 2+ (n = 1,952). We performed sensitivity analyses to assess the impact of oxytocin augmentation on labour progression by re-examining the progression patterns after excluding women with augmented labours. Labour was augmented with oxytocin in 40% of nulliparous and 28% of multiparous women. The median time to advance by 1 cm exceeded 1 hour until 5 cm was reached in both nulliparous and multiparous women. Based on a 95th percentile threshold, nulliparous women may take up to 7 hours to progress from 4 to 5 cm and over 3 hours to progress from 5 to 6 cm. Median cumulative duration of labour indicates that nulliparous women admitted at 4 cm, 5 cm, and 6 cm reached 10 cm within an expected time frame if the dilatation rate was ≥ 1 cm/hour, but their corresponding 95th percentiles show that labour could last up to 14, 11, and 9 hours, respectively. Substantial differences exist between actual plots of labour progression of individual women and the 'average labour curves' derived from study population-level data. Exclusion of women with augmented labours from the study population resulted in slightly faster labour progression patterns.ConclusionsCervical dilatation during labour in the slowest-yet-normal women can progress more slowly than the widely accepted benchmark of 1 cm/hour, irrespective of parity. Interventions to expedite labour to conform to a cervical dilatation threshold of 1 cm/hour may be inappropriate, especially when applied before 5 cm in nulliparous and multiparous women. Averaged labour curves may not truly reflect the variability associated with labour progression, and their use for decision-making in labour management should be de-emphasized.

Project description:BACKGROUND:The correlation between stage of labor and adverse delivery outcomes has been widely studied. Most of studies focused on nulliparous women, it was not very clear what impact the stage of labor duration had on multiparous women. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study was conducted among all the multiparous women of cephalic, term, singleton births, who planned vaginal delivery. The total stage of labor covered the first stage and the second stage in this study, and they were divided into subgroups. Adverse maternal outcomes were defined as referral cesarean delivery, instrumental delivery, postpartum hemorrhage, perineal laceration (III and IV degree), hospitalization stay ?90th, and adverse neonatal outcomes as NICU, shoulder dystocia, Apgar score???7(5?min), neonatal resuscitation, assisted ventilation required immediately after delivery. RESULTS:There were 7109 parturients included in this study. The duration of first stage was 6.2(3.6-10.0) hours, the second stage was 0.3(0.2-0.7) hour, the total stage was 6.9(4.1-10.7) hours in multiparous women. At the first stage, the rates of overall adverse outcome were 21, 23.4, 28.8, 35.5, 38.4% in subgroups <?6?h, 6-11.9?h, 12-17.9?h, 18-23.9?h, ?24?h, which increased significantly (X2?=?57.64, P?<?0.001), and ARR (95% CI) were 1.10 (0.92,1.31), 1.33 (1.04,1.70), 1.80 (1.21,2.68), 2.57 (1.60,4.15) compared with subgroup <?6?h (ARR?=?1); At the second stage, the rates of overall adverse outcome were 20.0, 30.7, 38.5, 61.2, 69.6% in subgroups <?1?h, 1-1.9?h, 2-2.9?h, 3-3.9?h, ?4?h (X2 = 349.70, P?<?0.001), and ARR (95% CI) were 1.89 (1.50, 2.39), 2.22 (1.55, 3.18), 10.64 (6.09, 18.59), 11.75 (6.55, 21.08) compared with subgroup <?1?h (ARR?=?1)). At the total stage, the rates of overall adverse outcome were 21.5, 30.8, 42.4% in subgroups <?12?h, 12-23.9?h, ?24?h (X2 = 84.90, P?<?0.001), and ARR (95% CI) were 1.41 (1.16,1.72), 3.17 (2.10,4.80) compared with subgroup <?12?h (ARR?=?1). CONCLUSIONS:The prolonged stage of labor may lead to increased adverse outcomes in multiparous women, it was an independent risk factor of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes.

Project description:Key Points Question Is the use of epidural analgesia during labor associated with adverse neonatal and childhood outcomes? Findings In this population-based cohort study of 435 281 mother-offspring pairs, the use of epidural analgesia in labor was not associated with adverse neonatal outcomes after adjustment for confounders and mediation by mode of delivery. Epidural analgesia was, however, associated with a small reduction in some adverse developmental outcomes at 2 years. Meaning In this study, epidural analgesia in labor was not associated with adverse immediate or longer-term offspring outcomes. This cohort study uses data on mother-infant pairs from the Scottish National Health Service to investigate the association of epidural anesthesia use during labor with neonatal and childhood outcomes. Importance Although use of epidural analgesia during labor is safe, detailed information about its association with neonatal and child outcomes is limited. Objective To investigate the association of labor epidural analgesia with neonatal outcomes and childhood development during the first 1000 days of life. Design, Setting, and Participants This population-based cohort study used Scottish National Health Service hospital administrative data of all 435 281 singleton live births in Scotland between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2016, with follow-up over the first 1000 days of life. All 435 281 mother-infant pairs delivering between 24 weeks 0 days and 43 weeks 6 days’ gestation who were in active labor with cephalic presentation and who delivered vaginally or via unplanned cesarean delivery were included. Stillbirths and infants with known congenital anomalies were excluded. Data were analyzed between August 1, 2020, and July 23, 2021. Exposures Epidural analgesia in labor. Main Outcomes and Measures Neonatal outcomes included resuscitation, Apgar score less than 7 at 5 minutes, and neonatal unit admission. Childhood development measures (gross and fine motor function, communication, and social functioning) were obtained from standardized national childhood surveillance assessments performed at 2 years. Results This study included a total of 435 281 live births with cephalic presentation in labor (median gestational age at delivery, 40 weeks [IQR, 39-41 weeks]; 221 153 male infants [50.8%]), of which 94 323 (21.7%) had labor epidural. Epidural analgesia was associated with a reduction in spontaneous vaginal deliveries (confounder-adjusted [Cadj] relative risk [RR], 0.46; 95% CI, 0.42-0.50), an increased risk of neonatal resuscitation (Cadj RR, 1.07; 95% CI, 1.03-1.11), and an increased risk of neonatal unit admission (Cadj RR, 1.14; 95% CI, 1.11-1.17). With additional analysis for mediation by mode of delivery (CMadj), these associations were reversed (CMadj RR, 0.83; 95% CI, 0.79-0.86 for neonatal resuscitation and CMadj RR, 0.94; 95% CI, 0.91-0.97 for neonatal unit admission). Epidural analgesia was associated with a reduced risk of an Apgar score less than 7 at 5 minutes in both confounder and confounder/mediation analyses. Epidural analgesia was associated with a reduced risk of having developmental concern in any domain at 2 years in confounder and confounder/mediation analyses (CMadj RR, 0.96; 95% CI, 0.93-0.98), with specifically fewer concerns regarding communication (CMadj RR, 0.96; 95% CI, 0.93-0.99) and fine motor skills (CMadj RR, 0.89; 95% CI, 0.82-0.97). Conclusions and Relevance The results of this cohort study suggest that labor epidural analgesia is not independently associated with adverse neonatal or childhood development outcomes. Associations with neonatal resuscitation and admission were likely mediated by mode of delivery.

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